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ResMed names Lucile Blaise as new Sleep & Respiratory Care leader

June 28, 2022 By Jim Hammerand

Lucile Blaise will be the new president of ResMed’s Sleep & Respiratory Care business starting July 1, ResMed (NYSE: RMD) said today. She replaces Jim Hollingshead, who became president and CEO of Insulet (Nasdaq:PODD) on June 1. ResMed President and COO Rob Douglas is serving as interim president of the Sleep & Respiratory Care during […]

Filed Under: Business/Financial News, Featured, News Well Tagged With: Personnel Moves, ResMed, Women in Medtech

‘Itty bitty’ falloposcope imaging device used inside fallopian tubes for the first time

January 25, 2022 By Jim Hammerand

After years of development, University of Arizona researchers have captured their first images inside fallopian tubes with a new device that could be used to search for early signs of ovarian cancer. University of Arizona BIO5 Institute Director Jennifer Barton developed the high-resolution falloposcope, which has a diameter of only 0.8 mm. “It’s itty bitty,” […]

Filed Under: Blog, Catheters, Diagnostics, Endoscopic, Featured, Gynecological, Imaging, News Well, Oncology, Research & Development, Women's Health Tagged With: University of Arizona, Women in Medtech

Zimmer Biomet’s chief accounting officer is leaving for a new job

November 1, 2021 By Jim Hammerand

Chief Accounting Officer Carrie Nichol is leaving Zimmer Biomet (NYSE:ZBH) effective Nov. 26, the Warsaw, Indiana-based medical device company said on Friday. Nichol also serves as VP, controller and principal accounting officer.  She joined Zimmer Biomet in September 2019 from pharma giant Endo International, where she was SVP, controller and chief accounting officer. Get the […]

Filed Under: Blog, Business/Financial News, Featured, News Well, Orthopedics Tagged With: Women in Medtech, Zimmer Biomet

Diversity in medtech: Just 21% of executive roles are held by women

October 20, 2021 By Danielle Kirsh

The prevalence of women in corporate leadership positions within the medical device industry remains low, and the rate of increase is stagnant despite new initiatives to increase diversity in the industry. Just 21% of top executives at the world’s 100 world’s biggest medical device companies are women, according to an analysis of Medical Design & Outsourcing‘s […]

Filed Under: Featured Tagged With: Women in Medtech

Forecasting the future of urology with Boston Scientific’s Meghan Scanlon

October 15, 2021 By Tom Salemi

Meghan Scanlon, Boston Scientific’s president of urology and pelvic health, discusses the field and the challenges and opportunities ahead. The urology specialty faces a critical moment, with 10 urologists ready to retire for every new urologist entering the field, said Meghan Scanlon, SVP and president of urology and pelvic health at Boston Scientific (NYSE:BSX) That […]

Filed Under: Blog, Catheters, DeviceTalks Q&A, Endoscopic, Featured, Gynecological, Health Technology, Imaging, Men's Health, Software / IT, Surgical, Urology, Women's Health Tagged With: Boston Scientific, Women in Medtech

How a future-minded medtech engineer finds inspiration, innovation and creativity

September 30, 2021 By Jim Hammerand

The future of medtech is the focus of TE Connectivity’s Advanced Technology Group, a team of experienced engineers tasked with identifying trends and developing new technology for devices and challenges that might not yet even exist. Marie Ottum, principal R&D engineer in TE Connectivity’s Advanced Technology Group and global leader of the TE women’s networking […]

Filed Under: Contract Manufacturing, Endoscopic, Featured Tagged With: TE Connectivity, Women in Medtech

Hologic’s first Global Women’s Health Index flags preventative care for improvement

September 21, 2021 By Jim Hammerand

An estimated 1.5 billion women have not been tested in the past year for critical diseases, according to Hologic’s first Global Women’s Health Index. On behalf of diagnostic maker Hologic, the Gallup World Poll surveyed more than 60,000 women and girls (age 15 and older) across the world to measure action and attitudes about women’s […]

Filed Under: Blog, Diagnostics, Featured, Women's Health Tagged With: Hologic, Women in Medtech

Medtronic CFO Karen Parkhill honored for financial excellence

September 14, 2021 By Jim Hammerand

Medtronic CFO Karen Parkhill has been named as an outstanding finance executive by the Minneapolis/St. Paul Business Journal in Minnesota. Parkhill is one of 14 individuals who will be honored in the newspaper’s 2021 CFO of the Year awards in November. She was one of two winners in the public company category, joined by Piper […]

Filed Under: Business/Financial News, Featured Tagged With: Medtronic, Personnel Moves, Women in Medtech

Diversity in medtech: Just 20% of executive roles held by women

October 13, 2020 By Danielle Kirsh

Diversity in executive roles in the medical device industry is trending more toward parity, with women holding 2% more C-suite roles in 2020 compared to last year. Just 20% of executives at the 100 largest medical device companies in the world are women, and those companies average 19% female composition in the C-suite, according to […]

Filed Under: News Well Tagged With: 3m, Abbott, Alcon, B. Braun, Baxter, becton dickinson, bostonscientific, Cardinal Health, danaher, EssilorLuxottica, Fresenius, GE Healthcare, Henry Schein Medical, johnsonandjohnson, Medtronic, owens&minor, royalphilips, Siemens Healthineers, Stryker, Women in Medtech, Zimmer Biomet

Smith+Nephew is taking the road less traveled with its ortho surgical robotics

October 13, 2020 By Chris Newmarker

British medtech giant Smith+Nephew chose a different path in the ortho surgical robotics space. One of its top robotics program leaders explains how it could make all the difference. Faster, smaller and more accessible — those are the three descriptors that Sara Schneider uses to describe Smith+Nephew’s Cori robotic knee surgery system, which launched over […]

Filed Under: Business/Financial News, Featured, Orthopedics, Robotics, Surgical Tagged With: robot-assisted, Robotic Surgery, Smith+Nephew, Women in Medtech

How Medtronic’s new diversity leader wants to make the company even better

October 8, 2020 By Nancy Crotti

Dr. Sally Saba joined Medtronic in March after leading a transformation at a major healthcare provider. Sally Saba knows what it’s like to be unwanted because of her gender. Saba’s mother rejected her at birth because she wasn’t a boy, leaving her to live with relatives in Egypt. When her caregiver decided to marry, she […]

Filed Under: Business/Financial News, Featured Tagged With: diversity and inclusion, Medtronic, Women in Medtech

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